| 12. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with ve-shav {וְשָׁ֣ב | wə-šāḇ} ‘and it turned’, employing the waw consecutive plus Qal perfect to signal sequential action in a territorial listing. The adverbs kedmah {קֵ֚דְמָה | qēd-māh} ‘eastward’ and mizrach {מִזְרַ֣ח | mî-zraḥ} ‘east, place of rising’ function as a Hebraic intensifier, doubling the directional focus toward sunrise. The prepositional construct al-gevul {עַל־גְּב֥וּל | ʿal-gevul} ‘upon the border’ establishes spatial relation to Kisloth Tabor. The verbs ve-yatsa {וְיָצָ֥א | wə-yā-ṣāʼ} ‘and it went out’ and ve-alah {וְעָלָ֥ה | wə-ʿā-lā} ‘and it ascended’ mark progressive movements toward Daberath and Japhi’a. The English rendering adheres closely to Hebrew word order to preserve the step-by-step progression of the boundary description. |